The insides of my eyelids feel like they are lined with cat litter ( Read more... )

Oh my gosh, I just saw photos from New College Graduation and PCP, and my heart physically hurt for a second. Lovely views of the bay, the buildings, the professors, the oh-so-vibrant student body... I miss it, I miss it, OW! MUST get to Sarasota this summer.

From a composition: "Mi madre hostia..." HAHAHAHAHAHA... awesome. Also, "Salto tu estás buena ( Read more... )

Dear Valencia,

I've missed you. It's great to see you again. I will try not to stay away so long next time. A year is really too long in between visits. What are you doing around Christmas?

Call me,
Olivia

I realized recently that I've actually never been this stressed. I mean... really, never. Whoa. That's really saying something, too, because I am pretty much constantly operating in some sort of environment of stress ( Read more... )

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How has it been a year? The months have flown, and as I sit here in this cluttered house with my grandmother's cat in the midst of all this end-of-semester stress, I miss last May SO much. Everyone was so excited for me, and I finished that thesis in spite of everything... everyone knew I'd do so well here this year, and I just feel like a big ( Read more... )

One of my fortune cookies tonight said, "Failure is the mother of success." Nick's said, "Many possibilities are open to you- work a little harder." Neat-o ( Read more... )

Last week in class the writer/scholar/editor and above all, linguistics professor, Roger Wright mispronounced the word mispronunciation. It was amazing.

PS- I think he is phenomenal, so we'll allow him this one tiny show of humanity. I'll also finish his paper, dammit, before I have to leave today.

He was wracked with confusion. For the first time in his life, he understood the true meaning of the expressions "horns of a dilemma" and "between a rock and a hard place" - although the concept of "paying through the nose" had always tormented him. How does the money get in the nose in the first place? Once in, is it pulled out by hand, or is a ( Read more... )